Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide for Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention (CLEP) Program to address blood lead levels between 3.5-4.9 ug/dl and conduct outreach to families.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Health
Appropriation Amount: $12,500.00
Budget Year: 2024
Contract Period: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Additional grant funds of $12,500.00 will be added to the grant award of $2,000,000.00 from the New Jersey Department of Health, for a total grant award amount of $2,012,500.
Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution submitted under separate cover as Legistar File ID #24-0447.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 25
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($12,500.00), for the Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention (CLEP) Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2024 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the Notice of Award dated February 23, 2024, the New Jersey Department of Health, CLEP Program awarded the City of Newark additional funds in the amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($12,500.00). The aforementioned program will provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2024, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this Resolution total…………………$196,092,575.85
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby makes the following temporary emergency appropriation:
2. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention Program $12,500.00
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2024 budget.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention (CLEP) Program FY 2024, in the amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($12,500.00). The New Jersey Department of Health, CLEP Program awarded the funds. The project period is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.